how do you view poverty
By edinam
@edinam (3)
Zimbabwe
October 2, 2006 3:31am CST
hie tell me what you think are the factors that determine the poverty status of someone
11 responses
@ajaycjoseph (230)
• India
12 Oct 06
poverty means that they are poor for something. not money, it can be love,education, reliability or anything
@gajjugajju2000 (150)
• France
12 Oct 06
Wow you are the man!! keep it up..This is what I was looking as a comment
@gajjugajju2000 (150)
• France
12 Oct 06
WHy you think it is bad..I think poverty is more of a psychology..You can be rich even if you are poor...I think poverty is really state of mind...Hard work and taking challenges can bring change in one's psychology
@kataztrophy (1836)
• United States
12 Oct 06
In my opinion there are many differant things that factor into the issue of poverty. Whether it be bad decision making skills, poor money management by the person, or the inability to support themselves(after a marrage has ended, or after being let go from work.) all may play a part.
@pbrown042 (50)
• United States
12 Oct 06
Poverty, to me, is being inable to financially care for oneself, one's family, etc. It isn't being deprived of other things such as love, reliablility, etc. There are other ways to describe those inabilities. I don't think it makes anyone a bad person to be in poverty, just down on their luck. Anyone's situation can change in an instant. My family struggles daily with financial issues, but we are happy and we are together, so that is what matters to me. I am due to inherit a great amount of money that will change my financial situation forever, but it won't change who I am inside. I truly believe that most of us are in control of our own destiny. Sometimes things happen, but not very often have I been down on my luck and there wasn't something I could've done differently to have made a difference. I don't know. Different people view this topic differently, depending on their own situation. My family looks down on my because most of them are well off and I don't have a ton of money in the bank, but noone can know what one individual's circumstances are. Hope this answers some of your question.
@somesh1984 (1295)
• India
12 Oct 06
hmmmm difficult to answer right now i will think and then will post
@gajjugajju2000 (150)
• France
12 Oct 06
I see poverty as a situation in which one individual is forced to live and it could be due to amny factors...and I think poverty is also in mind,,,you can be rich even u do not have materialstic richness..agree?